The First Chimurenga

Question 0

What were the causes of The First Chimurenga?

Answer 0

Loss and killing of cattle which enraged the natives, the loss of their land and Hut Tax

Question 1

When was the First Chimurenga?

Answer 1

1896 to 1897

Question 3

What is hut tax ?

Answer 3

The Tax introduced by the White settlers to drive the natives out of their villages and into or onto mines or farms owned by the White settlers

Question 4

What land were the natives driven onto during the loss of land ?

Answer 4

Communal Lands

Question 8

Within the first week how many settlers were slain in Matabeleland and Mashonaland

Answer 8

141 in Matabeleland and 103 in Mashonaland

Question 9

What patrol did the settlers immediately form ?

Answer 9

The Bulawayo Field Force

Question 10

What was the name of the Ceremony which gave the Ndebele confidence to fight the white settlers?

Answer 10

The Big Dance

Question 11

Who planned the attack to take back Bulawayo and for what date ?

Answer 11

It was M’limo for 29 March 1896

Question 12

What did M’limo promise if the Ndebele went to war ?

Answer 12

That their bullets will turn into water and their canon shells into eggs

Question 13

How did the Rebellion start prematurely and on what day ?

Answer 13

On 20 March Ndebele rebels stabbed and shot a native policemen

Question 14

Who where the Heads of the Bulawayo Field Force ?

Answer 14

Selous and Fredrick Burnham

Question 15

After the siege was broken how many and where did the Ndebele retreat to ?

Answer 15

50000 and into the Matobo hills

Question 16

Where was the fiercest fighting between the Matebele and the Settlers ?

Answer 16

Matobo hills

Question 17

Which 2 Settlers assassinated M’limo ?

Answer 17

Burnham and Armstrong

Question 18

What was the iduna?

Answer 18

The Iduna was when Cecil Johns walked into the Matopo hills unarmed and brought the uprising to an end through negotiations with the impi’s

Question 19

Who did Mbuya Nehanda execute ?

Answer 19

Mazoe Native Commissioner Pollard

Question 20

What was the outcome of the First Chimurenga?

Answer 20

The rebellion failed completely and did not result in major changes. However, the legacy of leaders such as Kaguvi, Mapondera and Nehanda was to inspire the future generations

Question 21

Name any 5 White settler leaders?

Answer 21

The leaders of the White settlers were Frederick Selous, Frederick Russell Burnham, Maurice Gifford, Cecil Rhodes and Col. Beal, Lord Grey and Col. Plumer, Gen. Carrington, Chief of Staff, Col Baden-Powell, Bonar Armstrong, van Rooyen and Lee as the commanders, and chief native commissioner H.J. Taylor.

Question 22

Name any 3 Native leaders ?

Answer 22

The native leaders where M’limo or Umlimos, Nehanda Nyakasikana, Kaguvi Gumboreshumba, Gwabayana, Makoni, Mapondera, Mangwende, Seke, Mukwati, and Chief Mashayamombe.